HAGATNA, Guam -- In his baggy shorts, baseball cap and black Nikes, Junior Larry Hillblom can pass for an average American teenager.

The gangly 15-year-old pitches for his high school baseball team. He eats burgers from McDonald's. He dates girls. He listens to Yellowman, the popular reggae singer. "I'm just normal," he says, sipping Hi-C in his living room. "A normal life."